Oracle Solaris end of life dates
The support dates the endoflife.date record (community-maintained) holds for Oracle Solaris, read on 30 Sep 2026: when security support ends for each version (cycle), when active support ends, and extended support where the record shows it. Below them, what Cyber Essentials, the Essential Eight, CIS Controls v8, PCI DSS and NIST SP 800-53 ask of a version past its end.
- Oldest version still in support
- 11.4, security support to 1 Nov 2031
- Next end date
- 11.4, security support ends 1 Nov 2031
- Vendor's own notice
- the vendor lifecycle policy for Oracle Solaris, authoritative; each version below links its own notice where the record carries one
- Record
- Oracle Solaris
- Kind
- operating system
- Versions in the record
- 8
- Versions past vendor support
- 7
- Essential Eight class
- an operating system: Patch operating systems asks that operating systems no longer supported by vendors are replaced, from ML1 (the held ML2 text carries the ML1 set).
- Source
- endoflife.date/oracle-solaris, community-maintained, MIT licence, read 30 Sep 2026; sources
Oracle Solaris versions and their support dates
as at 30 Sep 2026| Cycle | Released | Active support ends | Security support ends | Extended support ends | On the read date | Vendor notice | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11.4 | 28 Aug 2018 | not given separately | 1 Nov 2031 | 1 Nov 2037 | supported | notice | |
| 11.3 | 26 Oct 2015 | not given separately | 1 Jan 2021 | 1 Jan 2027 | extended support only | notice | |
| 11.2 | 29 Apr 2014 | not given separately | ended, date not published | none in the record | past vendor support | notice | |
| 11.1 | 3 Oct 2012 | not given separately | ended, date not published | none in the record | past vendor support | notice | |
| 11 | 9 Nov 2011 | not given separately | ended, date not published | none in the record | past vendor support | notice | |
| 10 | 31 Jan 2005 | not given separately | 1 Jan 2018 | 1 Jan 2027 | extended support only | notice | |
| 9 | 28 May 2002 | not given separately | 1 Oct 2011 | 1 Oct 2014 | past vendor support | notice | |
| 8 | 1 Feb 2000 | not given separately | 1 Mar 2009 | 1 Mar 2012 | past vendor support | notice |
A version this table does not list is not in the record: the finder reads it as unknown, never supported. The dates are the record's own; nothing here states a date the record does not hold.
What the schemes ask of a version past its end
- Cyber Essentials
- software on in-scope devices licensed and supported by the vendor, meaning it still receives security updates; unsupported software removed or segregated (SU.1, SU.4). Cyber Essentials Plus: removed, or isolated with compensating controls (PM-02).
- Essential Eight
- An operating system: Patch operating systems asks that operating systems no longer supported by vendors are replaced, from ML1 (the held ML2 text carries the ML1 set).
- CIS Controls v8, Safeguard 2.2
- only software that still receives vendor support may be marked authorised; unsupported software kept for the mission needs a recorded exception with compensating controls and the acceptance of the remaining risk; support status checked at least monthly.
- PCI DSS 12.3.4
- hardware and software reviewed at least every 12 months: that vendors still supply timely security fixes, end-of-life announcements documented, and a remediation plan for outdated technology approved by senior management.
- NIST SP 800-53 SA-22
- system components replaced when support is no longer available from the developer, vendor or manufacturer, or alternative sources of continued support provided.